Do RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 
white with a roseate tinge, and edged with slate-colour; 
tertiaries, greyish or yellowish brown. The tail, pale greyish 
brown; upper tail coverts, dark brownish black with a reflec- 
tion of green. Legs and toes, vermilion red; webs, dusky 
black. 
In the female the bill is brownish red, and therefore not so 
bright-coloured as in the male; the crest is wanting in 
development. Head on the sides, dull brownish white; forehead 
and crown, dark brown; neck on the back and nape, brown; 
on the sides the neck is greyish or brownish white; throat, 
also dull brownish white; breast above, yellowish or reddish 
brown, some of the feathers edged with a paler shade; on the 
middle part greyish or brownish white; back, pale yellowish 
or rufous brown, some of the feathers edged with a lighter 
colour. The wings have the shoulder greyish white; primaries, 
dusky; the speculum on the secondaries is greyish white. 
Tail, yellowish brown. Legs and toes, reddish brown. 
In the young male the bill is bright vermilion red, the 
tooth white; iris, bright vermilion red; head on the sides, light 
chesnut, the feathers elongated towards the future crest; neck, 
chesnut; neck behind lower down, and nape, dark brown; breast 
below, light brown; back above, light brown; over the shoulder 
of the wing is a white patch. The wings underneath are white, 
with a faint tinge of pink; greater and lesser wing coverts, 
greyish brown; the primaries are dusky at the tip and on the 
edges; the shafts and part of the remainder white; the 
speculum is white. Tail, grey brown; upper tail coverts, dark 
brown; under tail coverts, also dark brown. Legs and toes, 
orange; the webs black, 
